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most of these parents are working class scheming daemons Sep 2012 #1
So are teachers supposed to never be allowed to strike? SWTORFanatic Sep 2012 #97
Teachers rights vs parents rights, NOT THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE. Zalatix Sep 2012 #118
What a disgusting post. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #2
Yes. I doubt it's a real person. It's probably one of THEM. valerief Sep 2012 #4
This poster has been around forever ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #20
Yes, they move among us, undetected, until one day--BOOM! valerief Sep 2012 #26
Not really ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #31
Indeed. Par for the course with this one, however. Marr Sep 2012 #90
Not unexpected at all. SammyWinstonJack Sep 2012 #120
And then the Republicons will say NO UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE alp227 Sep 2012 #95
First World countries have govt-sponsored daycare. nt valerief Sep 2012 #3
exactly niyad Sep 2012 #6
So the childfree can pay even more for their lifestyle choice? RB TexLa Sep 2012 #7
Need a chair to yell at? n/t gkhouston Sep 2012 #12
No, I don't. Maybe you do. I'm assuming you chose that lifestyle choice. RB TexLa Sep 2012 #14
I've made that choice, but I'd love to have the choice of R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2012 #106
I went to school and someone paid for me. I paid for you youngings roguevalley Sep 2012 #110
+ 100000 R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2012 #133
Bwahahaha! valerief Sep 2012 #22
Epic DUZY!!!! +1,000! Zalatix Sep 2012 #114
LOL! Bobbie Jo Sep 2012 #125
When you can't afford an abortion, shit happens. nt valerief Sep 2012 #21
The childfree are paying for kids to go school. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #37
Yes and the child free will have ss because those kids grow up abelenkpe Sep 2012 #75
Are you sure you meant to respond to me? n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #85
Yep, and the war-free are paying for wars and the valerief Sep 2012 #119
I was making the point that we all pay for stuff we don't want to pay for. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #123
Oh, okay. Right. We spend most of our lives contributing to things we don't want to. valerief Sep 2012 #128
You're going to be glad they made that lifestyle choice Incitatus Sep 2012 #38
Exactly. GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #63
So the carfree has to pay for car drivers? Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #71
Your taxes go toward ten thousand things you'll never make use of. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2012 #99
Indeed. Blame the system, not the parents or teachers. Now that's a THIRD WAY I can cosign onto!!! Zalatix Sep 2012 #115
I am hoping this was sarcasm niyad Sep 2012 #5
urghhhhhhh!!! graham4anything Sep 2012 #8
It's the RB TexLa show!... SidDithers Sep 2012 #9
Ha ha!! n/t SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2012 #10
There is no show. You think we should have to pay for people's lifestyle choices? RB TexLa Sep 2012 #11
We do it all the time SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2012 #13
you suck scheming daemons Sep 2012 #15
Yes, I know it's not fair that I don't have to spend money on kids and you do RB TexLa Sep 2012 #30
The next time you get sick, don't fucking see a doctor Telly Savalas Sep 2012 #49
oh flameworthy one a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #53
You pay for other people's lifestyle choices all the time. What's different now? n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #59
Truthfully, I hope those being educated right now will keep things going for the rest of us. Hoyt Sep 2012 #23
I wasn't talking about paying for education. RB TexLa Sep 2012 #27
The name may have changed, but the show remains the same!...nt SidDithers Sep 2012 #24
. NNN0LHI Sep 2012 #25
Do you object to paying for public education? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #35
No I don't. Everyone pays for that based on their income and what value RB TexLa Sep 2012 #39
You're already paying for a lot of lifestyle choices...why complain now? n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #40
THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO PAY YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE jberryhill Sep 2012 #57
And I guess I've paid nothing toward doing that myself. Oh I'm not RB TexLa Sep 2012 #62
You aren't paying for YOUR benefits jberryhill Sep 2012 #76
I understand what your saying if I don't make little people to pay for RB TexLa Sep 2012 #86
WTF? jberryhill Sep 2012 #91
You are completely ignorant of how SS works abelenkpe Sep 2012 #83
I understand, my paying for people on it now isn't good enough. If I don't make more people to pay RB TexLa Sep 2012 #87
Hey PD Turk Sep 2012 #68
Did you go to public schools? hughee99 Sep 2012 #78
It should be on NBC this fall! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #33
Heh. Exactly. nt Lex Sep 2012 #77
vaht? he's tuff.. as nails... because thats the kind ofuncaring man he is. dionysus Sep 2012 #109
It implies that school is glorified daycare. tjdee Sep 2012 #16
It's not the day care aspect. It's the gangs and the shootings and all the other mayhem they are dkf Sep 2012 #32
You can blame the education deformers for the gang violence problems. *They're* the ones HiPointDem Sep 2012 #36
Elaborate please on how the gang problems were caused? dkf Sep 2012 #43
Turf issues -- selective enrollment/charter schools close neighborhood schools, move kids all over HiPointDem Sep 2012 #51
But again, these kids were out all summer! tjdee Sep 2012 #42
Safety is always first priority for a parent. dkf Sep 2012 #50
I don't send my child to school to be safe. tjdee Sep 2012 #102
You are in Chicago? dkf Sep 2012 #103
We don't actually disagree. tjdee Sep 2012 #107
FACTORIES? Newt Gingrich would like your number, hee hee. alp227 Sep 2012 #96
LOL :) nt tjdee Sep 2012 #104
The people I saw were getting into twin BMWs saying they didn't know what they were going to do with RB TexLa Sep 2012 #66
School IS a glorified daycare mindwalker_i Sep 2012 #101
And that's a shame. nt tjdee Sep 2012 #108
Better, neighborhoods could Ilsa Sep 2012 #17
just because cnn & the lame-ass media focus on parents who say that doesn't mean it's the norm. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #18
Thank you for correcting the obvious propaganda we will be hearing ad nauseum. woo me with science Sep 2012 #19
You shoulda heard the honking horns and seen the thumbs up all over Chicago this morning alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #28
Excellent, excellent news. woo me with science Sep 2012 #100
This should be an OP senseandsensibility Sep 2012 #41
It's now an OP. Please kick & rec. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #55
Put them in daycare for a week or two abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #29
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Yeah, so what if they can't afford daycare. Who cares if they only make minimum wage. cynatnite Sep 2012 #44
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...wow... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #46
"We believe we're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own." Incitatus Sep 2012 #47
Paraphrasing here laundry_queen Sep 2012 #116
Now you know why they think RegieRocker Sep 2012 #48
+1, as I was finishing high school I realized... alp227 Sep 2012 #94
Damn I did not realize Mr. Eastwood has been posting here for years nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #52
Thanks... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #54
DUzy! n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #60
It is very tough on working parents jberryhill Sep 2012 #56
mmm...I don't have any kids but.... Skittles Sep 2012 #58
I hope these kids don't grow up and decide keeping you alive is a too expensive a lifestyle choice tritsofme Sep 2012 #61
If I were still in 7th grade up there, Downwinder Sep 2012 #64
I can't stand the idea that those kids will pay your social security and medicare jberryhill Sep 2012 #65
I pay into that as well I'm not a participant in that because I'm not a "hard working family?" RB TexLa Sep 2012 #67
You're paying for lifestyle choices all the time. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #70
Yes, you are paying for current beneficiaries jberryhill Sep 2012 #73
I understand that. If your children should die before you are on it, will you give up your benefits RB TexLa Sep 2012 #88
I hope whatever you took wears off in a while jberryhill Sep 2012 #92
No, I do not want her dead. But you liked pointing out that children would be paying my SS RB TexLa Sep 2012 #98
Yes, that is correct jberryhill Sep 2012 #105
This message was self-deleted by its author zen_bohemian Sep 2012 #69
The parents have to go to work abelenkpe Sep 2012 #72
I know you sit back and enjoy everyone getting riled up at your inflammatory OPs. Lex Sep 2012 #74
It was just summer break. alphafemale Sep 2012 #79
Send them to a Y program that's only open in the summer? gkhouston Sep 2012 #81
Thank GAWD You Don't Have Children HangOnKids Sep 2012 #134
You sound like a tea bagger. Congratulations abelenkpe Sep 2012 #80
you dont childrear with us! ret5hd Sep 2012 #82
So, about math... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #84
Stand in protest with teachers! ananda Sep 2012 #89
This post would be hidden by jury decision Electric Monk Sep 2012 #93
You are a taxpayer. You pay for children even if you don't want to. Jennicut Sep 2012 #111
I don't have any kids but.... Skittles Sep 2012 #112
And I had no problem with it either. Jennicut Sep 2012 #117
It's just their way of making clear that they don't give a shit about schools so long as they have.. JVS Sep 2012 #113
Wow. AngryOldDem Sep 2012 #121
I'm not personally that bitter about it, but I understand the sentiment. porphyrian Sep 2012 #122
They feel that a deal has been busted, and that they have been hung out to dry. slackmaster Sep 2012 #124
Well, bless your teabagger heart. nt HappyMe Sep 2012 #126
This may be the worst post I've seen on this site Carnage251 Sep 2012 #127
Think of it as paying for your own education after the fact, hughee99 Sep 2012 #129
And what did these parents do in the summer? hobbit709 Sep 2012 #130
too long since you've received your last hug....? LanternWaste Sep 2012 #131
Really? This is what you're upset about? Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #132
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